PHIL 1010 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 - PHIL*1010 – Introduction to Philosophy – September 19th copy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1010
• Professor: Kyle Bromhall

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Week three - phil*1010 introduction to philosophy september 19th. Reading the state of nature hobbes. Leviathan, pursues a theme that he was obsessed with; the evils of civil war/the anarchy by which it would be accomplished. The absence of government, human nature will inevitably bring us severe conflict. Political philosophy begins with the study of human nature. Two keys to the understanding of human nature: self-knowledge (nature of thoughts, hopes and fears, general principles of physics. Human beings are animated through motion (materialist, mechanist view of humans: we are always searching for something that is never at rest. Felicity intense happiness the search to secure felicity will bring us to war with nature: one must become powerful to achieve felicity. In the state of nature there is a scarcity of goods, so that two people who desire the same kind of things will often desire to possess the same things (constantly protecting)